Improvement in spice-boxes



PATENTE'D DEC. 27, 1 70.

E. S.- KENNEDY.

SPICE BOX.

l illtfitll sac iglattnt affine EDWARD s. KENNEDY, or. BIRMINGHAM,(BUCHANAN POST orrlcn PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 110,473, dated December 27, 1870;

IMPROVEMENT .lN SPICE-BOXES.

To alt whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, EDWARD S. KENNEDY, of Birmingham, .(Buchanan postoffice,) in the county of Allegheuy and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Spice-Boxes; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being. bad to the accompanying drawing forming part ofthis specification, in which- I Figure 1 is adetail sectional view of myimproved spice-box. v Jfigure 2 is detail cross-section of the sametaken through the line a x, fig. 1.

f Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an im-' proved spice-box,which shall be so constructed as to contain salt and pepper, or twoother spices, and which shall at the same time be simple in constructionand conyenientin use; and

.Itconsists in the construction and combination of the various parts ofthe device as hereinafter more fully described.

-A represents the box or receptacle, which is made with a compartment ineach end, to contain the salt and pepper or other spices.

Jlhe box A may be made of glass or otherisuitable material; but whenmade of glass should have a metallic band around its middle part, toreceive the pivots B, by which the said box A may be pivoted 'to astand, (3.

The stand 0 is formed of a U-shaped standard, 0,

and base, 0 the arms of the standard projecting up upon the oppositesides of the Box A, and have bearings formed in them to receive thepivots B.

The upper part of the bearings is made detachable, and is secured withascrew, so that the box may be readily detached when desired.

The box A may be used without the stand 0 when desired. v

- In this case the pivots B may be omitted, or rcplaced by or changedinto a handle.

The mouth of the compartment that is designed to contain the salt may bemade larger than the mouth of the other compartment, so as to give amore abundant discharge to the substance, of which a greater quantity isused. V

Upon the mouths of the compartments of the box A are placed caps D,which may be secured in place by means of a screw-thread in the said capfitting into a screw-thread formed upon the end of the said box, asshown in the case of the smaller cap D. Or the caps D may be formed tofit closely upon the ,end of the box, so as to be held by friction, asshown in the caseof the larger cap D.

' The plate of the caps D is perforated with holes, through which thesalt and pepper or other spice may escape. I E are disks or platesplaced within the caps D, and pivoted at theirc'enters to the centers ofthe tops of the said caps D by a rivet.

Upon-the edge of the plates E is formed an arm, E, which projectsthrough a slit in the sides of the caps D, and by means of which thesaid plates E may be adjusted.

The plates E are perforated with holes correspond .ing' in number, size,and posit-ion with the holes through the caps D, so that when the saidplates E are turned into one position the discharge-openings may bewholly closed, and when the said plates are turnedinto the otherposition the contents of the box may be discharged freely.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentv 1. The spice-boxA, made with two compartments and provided with caps D and adjustableperforated plates 19' E, whether used with or without a stand,

substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

2. The combination of the. box A, made with two compartments, caps D,perforated pivot-ed plates E F, pivots 13,-and stand 0, with each other,said parts being constructed and operating substantially as herein shownauddescrihed, and for the purpose set forth.

' EDWARD S. KENNEDY.

Witnesses Lucas Mmnnssr,

J No. W. CABLE.

